Elementary Education at Claflin University

What traits are you looking for in a elementary teaching school? To help you decide if Claflin University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's elementary teaching program.

Claflin is located in Orangeburg, South Carolina and approximately 2,048 students attend the school each year. Of the 25 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Claflin University in 2021, 4 of them were elementary education majors.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Elementary Education section at the bottom of this page.

Claflin Elementary Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Elementary Teaching

Claflin Elementary Education Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the elementary teaching progam at Claflin compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The elementary teaching major at Claflin is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Elementary Education. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Value Elementary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	319
Best Value Elementary Education Schools	443
	567
Best Elementary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	592
	658
Best Elementary Education Schools	683
Most Focused Elementary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	701
Most Popular Elementary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	731
Most Focused Elementary Education Schools	849
Most Popular Elementary Education Schools	927

Elementary Teaching Student Demographics at Claflin

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the elementary teaching majors at Claflin University.

Claflin Elementary Education Bachelor’s Program

Of the 4 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in elementary teaching from Claflin in 2021, 25% were men and 75% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 76% more racial-ethnic minorities in its elementary teaching bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Claflin University with a bachelor's in elementary teaching.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	0
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Claflin also has a doctoral program available in elementary teaching. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Early Childhood Education
• Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education & Teaching

Careers That Elementary Teaching Grads May Go Into

A degree in elementary teaching can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for SC, the home state for Claflin University.

Occupation	Jobs in SC	Average Salary in SC
Elementary School Teachers	22,530	$51,240

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Ammodramus under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.